work/life balance

I attended a session on work/life balance at work yesterday.  They gave us a list of resources that I thought I'd share for anyone interested:

Balancing your Work Life and Personal Life: Resources

 

PC/Mac Apps:

 

The Wheel of Life App ($9.95)

http://www.wolapp.com/

 

Life Balance ($40.00)

http://www.llamagraphics.com/products

 

 

Apple Apps:

 

BestLife (Free)

Life Balance ($4.99)

Life Balance Advice Book (Free)

BalanceScore ($2.99)

 

 

Web Sites:

 

The site of Marc and Amy Vachon on Equally Shared Parenting: http://equallysharedparenting.com/

 

CNN’s Work Life Balance calculator:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/06/04/balance.calculator/

 

A great list of resources for Dads:

http://www.evolutionofdad.com/resources/online-communities-information-for-dads

 

Lots of articles for Dads:

http://www.evolutionofdad.com/resources/useful-articles

 

The Mommies Network:

http://www.themommiesnetwork.org/index.shtml

 

Workit Mom online community/blog:

http://www.workitmom.com/

 

 

Books and Magazines:

 

Working Mother Magazine

 

The Father Life Magazine

 

The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life

 

What Happy Working Mothers Know: How New Findings in Positive Psychology Can Lead to a Healthy and Happy Work/Life Balance

 

In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed

 

The Good Life Rules: 8 Keys to Being Your Best as Work and at Play

 

42 Rules for Working Moms: Practical, Funny Advice for Achieving Work-Life Balance

 

 

Articles:

 

WebMD article:

http://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/5-strategies-for-life-balance

 

A good article to read about shared parenting: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/magazine/15parenting-t.html

 

An article on working Dads:

http://wfnetwork.bc.edu/blog/working-dads-hidden-heroes-in-the-new-fatherhood...

 

 

Services to help:

 

Meal assembly service:

 http://dreamdinners.com/main.php?static=index

 

Cleaning service:

http://austin.maidbrigade.com/

 

Pre-prepared healthy foods:

http://www.myfitfoods.com/Index.asp

 

Food delivery - meals:

http://www.casserolequeens.com/

www.dishalicious.com

http://www.goodeatingaustin.com/index.html

http://www.souppeddler.com/

 

 

Organic Food delivery:

http://www.greenling.com/

http://www.jbgorganic.com/